{"id":566,"date":"2020-03-30T09:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/?page_id=566"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T23:55:18","slug":"grade-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/grade-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The grade ones in Divisions 14 and 15 are practicing hard for the concert. They are doing a dance to an excerpt from Gustov Holst&#8217;s <em>Jupiter.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video that they can practice along with:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jupiter choreography Div. 14&amp;15\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hPdKZ5zpnzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Grade ones in Divisions 11, 12 and 13 are going to sing in the &#8220;choir&#8221; for the concert. Please see the Grade 2\/3 page for their songs and practice tracks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In February the grade ones in Divisions 14 and 15 are going to focus on the concept of <em><strong>Dynamics<\/strong><\/em>. Dynamics are the differences are the loud and soft sounds in music.<\/p>\n<p>They will learn the terminology that goes with those sounds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Forte\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>mean loud<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Mezzoforte\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>means medium loud<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Mezzopiano<\/strong><\/em> means medium soft<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Piano<\/strong><\/em> means soft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that the grade ones understand the different ways to move with their bodies, using Laban&#8217;s Eight Efforts, they will help choreograph their dance in the concert. We will listen to an excerpt from Gustov Holtz&#8217;s <em>Jupiter<\/em> and decide which efforts we hear in each part of the piece. Then we will create movements that correspond with the efforts we are hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the excerpt of the song we will be dancing to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sd41-my.sharepoint.com\/:u:\/g\/personal\/e14592_burnabyschools_ca\/IQDsG4iSO5PkQpbBDwEbtoHsAVfpwWefaY16ea9B3L__4NE?e=HQxkzL&amp;nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJTaGFyZURpYWxvZy1MaW5rIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXcifX0%3D\">Jupiter &#8211; dance edit.m4a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grade ones in Divisions 11, 12 and 13 will be doing the activities in the grade 2\/3 page of this website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Janaury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This January we are exploring two concepts in music class.<\/p>\n<p>The first is the concept of\u00a0<em>Tempo.<\/em> Tempo is the speed of the music. We will be doing songs that explore fast (Allegro), medium (Moderato) and slow (Large) tempi and listening to examples of music at those tempi.<\/p>\n<p>The following applies to Divisions 15 and 16. For activities for Divisions 11, 12 and 13, please refer to the grade 2\/3 page.<\/p>\n<p>The second concept is\u00a0<em>Laban&#8217;s Eight Efforts.<\/em> Rudolf Laban was a dance teacher, dancer and choreographer who revolutionized how we think about dance and movement. He whittled movement down into\u00a0<em>8 Efforts<\/em>, or eight ways of moving.<\/p>\n<p>Using the concepts of Heavy vs. Light, Indirect vs. Direct and Sustained vs. Sudden, he combined these in every possible way to create his 8 efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the\u00a0<em>8 Efforts<\/em> and the order in which we will explore them:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Float<\/li>\n<li>Glide<\/li>\n<li>Punch\/Thrust<\/li>\n<li>Slash<\/li>\n<li>Dab<\/li>\n<li>Flick<\/li>\n<li>Press<\/li>\n<li>Wring<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once we understand these ways of moving, we will apply them by creating, as a class, a dance for our concert. The children will be performing a dance to the song\u00a0<em>Jupiter<\/em> by Gustov Holst.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are just learning the dance <em>Fjaskern<\/em> this week.\u00a0<em>Fjaskern\u00a0<\/em>is a Swedish dance and the translation is\u00a0<em>Hurry Scurry.<\/em> As the dance goes on, the tempo gets faster and faster. We had a lot of fun seeing how fast we could get to before it was too difficult. We will try it again through December and see if we can make it to the fastest tempo.<\/p>\n<p>We are also singing the song\u00a0<em>Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer.<\/em> In my arrangement of this song we are exploring many of the percussion instruments of the music room. We are playing instruments that play the beat, a specific rhythm, or a sound-effect. And we are playing such unusual instruments such as the gong, the bell tree, the slide whistle, the stir xylophone, as well as more common instruments like the hand drums, jingle bells and cabanas.<\/p>\n<p>And we are also singing <em>O Hanukkah<\/em> to practice for our sing-along on December 18th. The French immersion classes are learning the French version of this song as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah song song along\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8h1VPuaqyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>November<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are going to keep working on moving in circles and various formations in the music room. We have learned two dances that have our whole group in a circle. Next, we will try a dance with our class in a\u00a0<strong>double circle\u00a0<\/strong>formation. We will use the songs <em>Circle &#8216;Round The Zero <\/em>and<em> Fjaskern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fjaskern - \u2018Hurry Scurry\u2019 Dance (OPENPhysEd.org)\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/610yF16Coh0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then we will try a dance with our class in two lines, if we get that far!<\/p>\n<p>We will also be playing some classroom non-pitched percussion instruments to learn some good technique on these instruments, and review the 4 percussion instrument families of:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Skins (or drums)<\/li>\n<li>Metals<\/li>\n<li>Woods<\/li>\n<li>Shakers\/Scrapers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We will use the song\/activity\u00a0<em>We Play Percussion<\/em> by Heather Nail and the game\u00a0<em>Music Ball<\/em> to review classroom percussion instruments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September and October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The grade ones have been playing games in music to build community and get to know the routines of the music room.<\/p>\n<p>We are beginning to work on the concepts of moving in the space of the music room safely &#8211; in general space, in circles and in lines.<\/p>\n<p>We are singing songs to get creative with our thoughts and get brave to share them!<\/p>\n<p>We are singing\u00a0<em>Down By the Bay<\/em> to brainstorm silly sentences using 2 rhyming words.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raffi - Down By The Bay (Official Audio)\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DWKVKfk6e40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We are singing\u00a0<em>Aiken Drum<\/em> to brainstorm the food that Aiken Drum could be made with and what body part or clothing could be that food.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aiken Drum | Nursery Rhymes | Happy Kids | MollyShow\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xIgjIC6Xdk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We are moving to and singing\u00a0<em>Shake Those &#8216;Simmons Down<\/em> to practice moving in different formations and listening and reacting to cues in the music. We are also brainstorming creative ways to move, and adding verses to practice those movements.<\/p>\n<p>We will learn how to do\u00a0<em>The Twist<\/em> as we dance to\u00a0<em>The One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Eyed one Horned Flying Purple People Eater\" width=\"863\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rx47qrH1GRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We will be starting some Drama activities this October as well, especially pretending to be and move like various animals in the music room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March The grade ones in Divisions 14 and 15 are practicing hard for the concert. They are doing a dance to an excerpt from Gustov Holst&#8217;s Jupiter.\u00a0 Here is a video that they can practice along with: Grade ones in Divisions 11, 12 and 13 are going to sing in the &#8220;choir&#8221; for the concert. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/grade-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grade One<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3867"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":109,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1745,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566\/revisions\/1745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/karlsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}